Module: Translatable::ActiveRecord

Defined in:
lib/translatable/orm/active_record.rb

Overview

In order to made the model Translatable, an additional fields should should be added first to it. Here is an example of it might be implemented:

Examples:

class Author < ActiveRecord::Base
  validates :name, :presence => true
end

class TranslatedNews < ActiveRecord::Base  #
  attr_accessible :title, :content
end

class News < ActiveRecord::Base

  belongs_to  :author

  translatable do
    field  :title, :presence => true, :uniqueness => true
    field  :content, :presence => true
    class_name "TranslatedNews"
    foreign_key :origin_id
  end

  accepts_nested_attributes_for :translations, :current_translation
  attr_accessible :translations_attributes, :current_translation_attributes
  attr_accessible :author_id, :author
end

An example of application:

news = News.create :translations_attributes => [{title: "Resent News", content: "That is where the text goes", locale: "en"}]
news.translations.create title: "Заголовок", content: "Содержание",locale: "ru"

news.content
# => "That is where the text goes"

news.set_current_translation :ru
news.content
# => "Сюди идет текст"

news.set_current_translation :de
news.content
# => nil

news.set_current_translation
news.content
# => "That is where the text goes"

Defined Under Namespace

Modules: ClassMethods, InstanceMethods

Instance Method Summary collapse

Instance Method Details

#translatable(&block) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/translatable/orm/active_record.rb', line 54

def translatable(&block)
  extend Translatable::ActiveRecord::ClassMethods
  include Translatable::ActiveRecord::InstanceMethods

  @translatable_base = Translatable::Base.new(self)

  @translatable_base.instance_eval(&block)
  t_register_origin
  t_register_translations
  t_register_locale
end